The South western news., 1887-07-13
Mr. and Mrs Bowser.
/. From Detroit Free Press
BY Mrs Bowser.


Bowser's liberality in the matter O
pin money. He began in the mos
liberal manner, but ended with tn,
declaration:
See here, Mira. Bowser. this i
all nonsense! We are one. Mia
belongs to me belongs to you
This giving you certain sum o
money every week makes it appear
Ms if you were a servant. When
you want money take it out of my
wallet. If you can't find the wal
let, just mention the sum you
want
But, Mr.. Bowser, L
:. No butts about it? You were
going to say you hated to be oblig-
ed to ask me for money!, your
own husband! When a wife gets
IS sensitive as that she should be
obliged to 60 barefooted for three
months in winterv
| let the matter drop for few
days, but one day when / wanted
q dollar tc buy some notions I went
to Mr.. Bowsers coat, which was
hanging on the hall tree for the
moment, and took out the family
wallet. No, l didn't, either. 1t
wasn't there. ] decided to wait
awhile, and that night, when Mr..
Bowser was sound asleep and blows
ing his fog horn, | got up to look
for his wallet. 1t couldn't be
found. All the money he had
about him was one poor, old lone
some Dickel. ! was wandering
whether half Of that belonged to
me or not, when the fog horn
ceased to loot and Mr.. Bowser rose
up in bed and shouted:
What in. the blankety blazes
are you doing with my clothesr
Il wanted the family wallet
obi you did You get up at
midnight to rob your husband, do
your
But halfthe money is mine
Mrs. Bowser, you drop that
coat and jump into this bed as
quick as Heaven will let you, and
if l ever catch you trying to rob
me again TIL apply for a divorce
within an hourp
When he thought l was asleep
he slipped out of bed and took the
wallet from under the dresser,
where he had carefully hidden it,
and inspected the contents to see
if anything was gone had firm.
ly made up my mind never to ask
him for q cent, but next day he
seeme1'so good natured that ven
tured to say:
There are several little things l
badly need, and as / am going
down town this afternoon I'd bet
ter buy them
Certainly my love. Will "a FIVE
doy
oh, yes9'
AN right-here it is. If five
isn't enough, take ten.'
/ took FIVE, and / was Just maxi
ing out a list of articles which
/ proposed to buy, when Mr.. Bow
ser came in with bill in his hand,
and said:
Here's the shade-tree man after
his pay. You may give me that
five and I'll give you three silver
dollars
An hour later he sent up a dol~
lars worth of strawberries, accom-
panied by note, asking me to pay
tor them, and so got down town
with only two dollars in my pock-
Of / made them go as far as pos>
siblc, and was rather proud of my
purchases when l got home. l had
them spread out on the table in the
itting-room when Mr.. Bowser
came rushing in with:
Say! that cOlored man is through
cleaning up the alley, and I can't
make change with him. Haven't
you got a dollar and a half of that
money!
why. MOI
Nor a dollar?'
i haven't a penny left
what! Squandered every cent
of that money! That's just as ! ex.
pected! | was told when | married
you that I'd bring up in the poor
house inside Of ten years, and
begin to believe it was a true pre-,
iiction!
But, ar. Bowser, you onl,
gave me two dol
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